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Tish, if you want your book back let me know: Stott has been known worldwide as a preacher, evangelist and communicator of Scripture.
For many years he served as rector of All Souls Church in London, where he carried out an effective urban pastoral ministry. A leader among evangelicals in Britain, the United States and around the world, Stott was a principal framer of the landmark Lausanne Covenant His many books have sold millions of copies around the world and in dozens of languages. Stott s best-known work, Basic Christianity, has sold two million copies and has been translated into more than 60 languages. Whether in the West or in the Two-Thirds World, a hallmark of Stott's ministry has been expository preaching that addresses the hearts and minds of contemporary men and women.
In , Stott founded the Langham Trust to fund scholarships for young evangelical leaders from the Majority World. He then founded the Evangelical Literature Trust, which provided books for students, pastors and theological libraries in the Majority World. These two trusts continued as independent charities until , when they were joined as a single charity: And he was willing to be firm in his convictions.
Stott still has much to offer Christians today and may be an engine for the Spirit to mature the Church.
One person found this helpful 2 people found this helpful. Christian Mission in the Modern World by John Stott is a re-release of a book originally published in What is amazing is that, aside from some of that dates mentioned, this book is highly relevant for the church today. Sadly, many of these missions miss the mark of the Great Commission given by Christ.
They appear more like the red cross bringing humanitarian help than Christians bringing the Gospel. The opposite side is those Christians who are hardly involved in any humanitarian aid, but only preach the Gospel. Stott's book is very helpful for all Christians to see that meeting people's physical needs and their spiritual needs can be done together without one negating the other.
Stott divides his book into five sections. In the first section begins to help the reader see how evangelism and social action relate to one another. I believe many shun social action I struggle greatly here because we don't want to get our hands dirty. Stott rightly diagnoses this when he states, "It comes more natural to us to shout the gospel at people from a distance than to involve ourselves deeply in their lives, to think ourselves into their culture and their problems, and to feel with them in their pains.
Yet this implication of our Lord's example is inescapable. Stott goes on to say that, "neither social action or evangelism is a means to the other, or even a manifestation of the other. For each is an end in itself.
Both are expressions of unfeigned love. One does not necessarily have to lead to the other. Both social action and evangelism are expressions of love, and both should be present in the believer's life. Stott is also helpful in his chapter on Conversion. Many people today have a misunderstanding of conversion and Stott is very clear on what conversion actually is. Stott examines how regenaration, faith and repentance are part of our conversion.
Stott also briefly speaks on the fact that conversion does not take us out of the world, but rather sends "him back into it, the same person in the same world, and yet a new person with new convictions and new standards. Stott encourages the reader to be actively involved with the lost world throughout this short book. Christian Mission in the Modern World is a timeless treasure and was a great blessing to me. I received a free copy of this book from IVP Books in exchange for an honest review.
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Prime Book Box for Kids. Good read from the master. Christian Mission in the Modern World begins with questions every generation must wrestle with:. Stott is known worldwide as a preacher, evangelist, and communicator of Scripture. Both social action and evangelism are expressions of love, and both should be present in the believer's life.
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John Stott is known worldwide as a Bible teacher, writer, pastor and mission-leader. During a ministry that extended to seven decades, he authored many books including the best-selling Basic Christianity, Why I Am a Christian and The Cross of Christ ; he was also the editor, and author of several volumes of the Bible Speaks Today. Log In to sync your basket across devices. Home Academic Church Missions. He offers careful definitions of five key terms-- mission, evangelism, dialogue, salvation, conversion.